Galveston County Museum | Glimpse into the rich past of Galveston County | Rare artifacts from military, architecture and disaster with Jodi Wright-Gidley
The Galveston County Museum 📍Visit our interactive map! Enjoy this content? Buy me a book! 📚 📱Social and other ways to explore Texas History Galveston island history is rich and full of interesting tidbits. But we can not forget just beyond the bay, how the island has influences the mainland and vice versa. Galveston county has been home to Native Americans who originally inhabited the Texas gulf Coast, Spanish land grants and European settlements and even military bases for over almost 2...
17 Juni 202210min
A Couple of Cotton Clad Confederates vs 6 Union Navy Warships | "My Father Is Here" | Ed Cotham on the battle of Galveston 1863
📍Visit our interactive map! Enjoy this content? Buy me a book! 📚 📱Social and other ways to explore Texas History 👂The Battle of Galveston interview with Edward T Cotham Jr. Ed Cotham is the prize-winning author of many books and articles on Civil War history, emphasizing the battles and skirmishes in Texas. Book: Battle on the Bay: The Civil War Struggle for Galveston More on Edward T Cotham Jr. Tour with Spotify: 👂Listen: Kuhn's Wharf 👂Listen: Rosenberg Fountains 👂Listen: East End...
6 Juni 20229min
Pier 21 | Port of Galveston | Kuhn's Wharf | Mosquito Fleet | Texas Navy | Things you didn't know about Galveston's Pier 21 & surrounding area
Supporters: Galveston Running Tours: https://galvestonrunningtours.com/ 📍Visit our interactive map! Enjoy this content? Buy me a book! 📚 📱Social and other ways to explore Texas History Interested in information covered in this episode? Dive deeper into the links below! : Pier 21 Port of Galveston Galveston Historic Seaport Ocean Star Drill rig museum Elissa Texas Navy Association Jean Lafitte Slave Trade Cotton Quarantine station Galveston Naval Museum Seawolf Park Texas A&M Universit...
3 Juni 202213min
The Civil War in Texas | The Battle of Galveston | Juneteenth: The story behind the celebration with Edward T Cotham Jr.
📍Visit our interactive map! Enjoy this content? Buy me a book! 📚 📱Social and other ways to explore Texas History Resources for everything we discuss in the episode: https://www.galvestonunscripted.com/ed-cotham Ed Cotham is the prize-winning author of many books and articles on Civil War history, emphasizing the battles and skirmishes in Texas. He is also very interested in nautical history and has served as project historian for several important Civil War shipwreck projects. A frequent...
5 Maj 202238min
DNA Secrets with Ron Wooten | Coyote-Red Wolf Hybrids on Galveston Island
📍Visit our interactive map! Enjoy this content? Buy me a book! 📚 📱Social and other ways to explore Texas History Resources for everything we discuss in the episode: https://www.galvestonunscripted.com/ron-wooten Ron Wooten is a Galvestonian with a passion for animals, biology, and photography. Ron is currently an outreach specialist with the Army Corps or Engineers. He coincidentally discovered a rare hybrid species after Hurricane Ike on Galveston Island, Texas . The Coyote-Red Wol...
28 Apr 202237min
Not so distant past | Galveston's Black Business District
Galveston's Black Business District Beginning in the late 1800s, the area west of 25th St. and North Broadway was the center of Galveston‘s Black business district with restaurants, theaters, insurance companies, and grocery stores, most owned, operated, and built by black citizens of Galveston. Names like Gus Allen, TD Armstrong, Albert Feas, “Neat” and Mary James, and Maggie Fisher were Staples among the community as they operated some of Galveston‘s most famous businesses and restaurants....
23 Apr 20221min
George W. Carver Theatre | Teatro Rey | La Plaza Theatre
George W. Carver Theatre | Teatro Rey | La Plaza Theatre In Galveston, the Martini family is a household name. These days the Martini name can be found on 21st and Church Street on the old Martini theater and here, just west of Rosenberg Avenue on Market Street. At one point, the Martini family owned eight theaters, one of which was opened in Galveston‘s Black Business District. The George W. Carver theater opened in 1940. The Martini family opened this theater specifically for African-Ameri...
23 Apr 20221min
Galveston's Historic Red Light District | Island of tolerated sin
Galveston's Historic Red Light District | Island of tolerated sin Galveston isn’t known as the Sin City of the South just for gambling or Galveston’s prohibition of prohibition. Galveston has a long documented history of prostitution in the Red Light District. There’s no doubt that prostitution in Galveston dates back to before the city was founded, but the Red Light District as we know it today began during the Civil War when the union navy occupied the city of Galveston. Although the union ...
23 Apr 20221min
